In Pictures: Stonehenge through the decades

Musicians rehearse at Stonehenge in Wiltshire ahead of English Heritage’s celebrations marking 100 years since it was donated to the nation

The music is a collaboration between Jeremy Deller, composer Matt Rogers and the London Sinfonietta ensemble

Stonehenge pictured in 1913, when its sarsen stones were buttressed with timber to prevent their collapse

Members of the Haemus Lodge (Brighton and Worthing District of Sussex) during their midsummer ceremony at Stonehenge in June 1949

Edinburgh University Professor Richard Atkinson, left, looks for evidence of the origins of Stonehenge in April 1958

The final stone being put in place during the restoration of Stonehenge in summer 1958

Work to straighten ‘No 91 Station Stone’ in June 1959

Stonehenge, pictured in May 1968

A 1981 procession celebrating the Midsummer Solstice at Stonehenge

Summer Solstice celebrations in June 1985

Police prevent people from reaching Stonehenge during a clash over a banned pop festival in summer 1985

A woman with a baby is led away by a police officer after violence erupted

Barbed wire prevents people from reaching the stones

Police monitored roads around Stonehenge to prevent people from gathering to celebrate the Summer Solstice in 1989

Army cadets and members of the Royal British Legion formed a circle of remembrance on November 11 2000

People celebrate the Summer Solstice in 2002

A member of the Sport England team takes the Queen’s Baton Relay past Stonehenge in April 2005

Arthur Pendragon watches the sunrise at Stonehenge in December 2005

Crowds gather to celebrate the Winter Solstice in 2009

Michael Johnson holds the Olympic Flame at Stonehenge in 2012

Then-prime minister David Cameron at Stonehenge in December 2014

A woman wears a colourful head-dress at Stonehenge during this year’s Summer Solstice